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J. H. SAGER. LUGGAGE CARRIER FOR BIGYGLES- Y Patented Aug. 2, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. SAGER, OF ROCHESTER, NEYV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO RICH & SAGER,

OF SAME PLACE.

LUGGAGE-CARRIER FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,846, dated August 2, 1892.

Application filed October 19, 1891. Seria1 No. 409,225- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. SAGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Luggage- Carriers for Bicycles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of part of a bicycle, showing my device attached to a vertical bar. Fig. 2 is a like side elevation showing my device attached to a horizontal bar. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the luggage-supporting frame. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the luggage-supporting frame. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the supporting-clamp. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the supporting-clamp. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one end of the luggage-supporting bars.

Like letters refer to like parts in the several views.

My invention relates to the improvements in luggage-carriers for bicycles hereinafter described and claimed; and the objects of my invention are to provide a convenient device suitable to sustain packages of different sizes in advantageous positions on the bicycle.

The clampA is composed of two sections a 7), Figs. 5 and 6. The part a has two arms a 0, each of which is provided with perforations c c at right angles with each other, and is tapped partly through and has suitable setscrews 0" c" to bind rods insertedin said perforations, for the purpose hereinafter described. These two arms are joined by a suitable integral connccting-piece 0., having a concavity on one side. (See Fig. 6.) The other section b is formed substantially as shown in the drawings, having on opposite sides concave depressions of different contours, so that as one side or the other is opposed to the concavity of the section a asmaller or larger post or bar f may be securely clamped between the two sections by means of the bolts or screws e e, Fig. 6, and nuts fitting thereon. Passing through the perforations c c and clamped therein by said set-screws are the metal Wires or rods B, herein called the main support. These I prefer to join together, making the two of one rod or wire by bending the same from points on either side of the central part,

then bending the two ends parallel to each otheron a suitable curve fora suitable distance and leaving the remainder straight and still parallel. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) On the curved portions is adjustably fixed a suitable clamp C, having means of being-adjustably fastened to the luggage-supporting frame. This frame consists of two luggage-supporting rods or wires E E, at first running straight and parallel to each other, then bent away from each other in a straight line, and then again bent to run still parallel and at an angle with the first-mentioned parts thereof. On the lastmentioned parts of these rods E E are fixed two luggage-supporting bars D D, each rod passing through the hole in the end of each of the bars and being fastened in position by setscrews. (See Figs. 3, 4, and 7.) The rods B and E E are preferably made of elastic material and together form a spring-support of goose-neck form for bearing the luggage.

Through each end of each of the supporting-bars D are formed two pairs of parallel slots d d, the slots of eachpair being quite close together and the pairs being set at right angles with each other, as shown in Fig. 7. Through these slot-s straps F F may be passed, (see Fig. 3,) so as to be longitudinal and transverse, and thus packages may be fastened upon the bars D longitudinally or transversely with reference to the bicycle, (see Figs. 1 and 2,) as may be convenient.

By the adj ustability of the depending parts of the rods E E in the clamp C the supporting-frame may be raised or lowered, and by the adjustability of the clamp on the curve of the rods 13 the plane of the supportingframe may be tilted at different angles to a horizontal plane.

From the rods E E may depend a bag G to hold small articles, provided with acover such as a pair of flaps buttoning together. (See Fig. 3.) 5

My device is particularly adapted to be used upon a Safety bicycle by fastening the clamp A on the vertical or horizontal portion of the saddle-post H, as may be desired, then fastening the two rods B in the horizontal perforations c 0. Thus the luggage-supporting device is, as shown in the drawings, brought between the saddle and the handlebars K. It is adjustable forward and back by the adjustability of the rods B in the perforations o c, and the luggage-supporting frame is adjustable for height and for angle, and when the form of clamp shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is used the device is adaptable to Safety bicycles of different styles and sizes to a horizontal or vertical bar thereof and to v such bars of different sizes.

luggage-carriers which are attached to the handle-bars or head of the machine. The rods B and E being formed of elastic material permit a fragile article to be carried by my device without danger from the vibration of the bicycle or from any ordinary shock thereto.

It .is evident that by reversing the clamp C on the saddle-post II my luggage-earrier may be placed at the rear of the saddle.

That I claim is- 1. In a luggage-carrier for bicycles, a main support and a clamp adapted to fix said sup port toa bicycle, in combination with luggagesupporting rods and transverse strap-bars fixed thereon, as by set-screws, and a clamp attaching said rods to said support and in which said rods and said support are each movable and adjustable, substantially as described.

2. In a luggage-carrier for bicycles, a main support andaclamp adapted to fix said support to a bicycle, in combination with luggage-sup porting rods clamped to said support and adjustable vertically with reference thereto and transverse strap-bars fixed to said rods, as by set-screws, substantially as described.

3. In a luggage-carrier for bicycles, a main supportand aciamp adapted to fixsaid support to a bicycle and wherein the same is adj ustable horizontally, in combination with a inggage-supporting frame clamped to said support and adjustable vertically with reference thereto, substantially as described.-

4. In a luggage-carrier for bicycles, a main support having a portion clamped to a bicycle and adjustable horizontally and an upwardlycurved portion, in combination with a vertically adj ustable luggage supporting frame clamped to the upwardly curved portion, whereon the frame is adjustable at different angles to a horizontal plane, substantially as described.

5. In a luggage-carrier for bicycles,a main support consisting of a pair of parallel rods having a portion straight and a portion curved, a luggage-supporting frame fixed to a pair of rods depending therefrom, and a clamp adj ustably connecting the depending rods to the curved portion of the rods first 1nentioned,together with. a clamp adapted to fasten said first-named rods to a suitable part of the bicycle, substantiallyas described.

6. In a luggage-carrier for bicycles, the combination of a main support, a clamp adapt-ed to fix said support toa bicycle, a luggage-supporting frame fixed upon said support and composed of a pair of horizontal parallel rods having depending ends and connected by such depending ends to such support, a pair of transverse supporting-bars fixed upon said rods. provided with pairs of transverse and longitudinal slots, substantially as described, in the ends of said bars, and straps passing through said slots, for the purposes described, substantially as described.

7. In aluggage-carrierforbicycles,an adj ust able support, of goose-neck form, composed of a main support having a horizontal portion and an upwardly-curved portion, a luggagesupporting frame having a depending. portion, an adjustable clamp connecting said main support and said frame, and a clamp adapted to connect said main support to a bicycle, substantially as described.

8. In a luggage-carrier for bicycles, supporting-bars having pairs of transverse and longitudinal slots, substantially as and for the purposes described.

9. A clamp for devices of the class described, consisting of two sections, one provided with two arms having perforations therethrough and set-screws to clamp rods in said perforations, the two arms joined by a suitably shaped connection, the other section having depressions of different contours on opposite sides thereof, and means for clamping the two sections together with either of said depressions opposed to the first section, substantially as set forth.

10. A clamp for devices of the class described, consisting of two sections, one a provided with two arms a 0, having therethrough cross-perforations c c at right angles with each other and joined by a connecting-piece a',integral therewith and having a concavity on one side, and set-screws c c to clamp rods in said perforations, the other section I? having depressions of different contours on opposite sides, and means, as bolts e e, for clamping the two sections together with either of said depressions Opposed to the first section, substantially as shown and described.

JAMES H. SAGER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE A. GILLETTE, S. P. MOORE. 

